NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced its spring Photographs sale, showcasing works that span the full history of the medium. The auction will be held online, with bidding open from April 3 to 17, and the collection will be on view at Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries from April 10 to 16. Featuring a range of works from the late 19th century to the present, the sale includes highlights by Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Richard Misrach, Wolfgang Tillmans, Alison Rossiter, Lynn Davis, and many more.

Leading the sale is a rare, oversized 1924 portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky by Alexander Rodchenko (estimate $120,000–180,000). Other top lots include Nick Brandt’s Elephant Drinking, Amboseli, 2007 (estimate: $80,000–120,000); Alfred Stieglitz’s The Hand of Man, 1902 (estimate: $70,000–90,000); and five mural-sized prints from Richard Avedon’s In the American West series, each offered separately.

Additional highlights feature a rare and exquisite vintage Man Ray portrait of Nusch Éluard (estimate: $40,000–60,000); three striking gelatin silver cityscapes by Thomas Struth, each estimated at $20,000–30,000; and four vintage prints by Eugène Atget, originally deaccessioned by The Museum of Modern Art, from the Leslie Feely collection.

The sale also includes a collection of lush Pictorialist works from the early 1900s, many from The Raymond E. Kassar Collection, such as Edward Steichen’s Eleonora Duse, 1904 (estimate: $100,000–150,000). Additionally, there is a strong selection of Ansel Adams photographs, including Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado, 1951 (estimate: $60,000–80,000).

A wide array of works by Irving Penn is also on offer, featuring his beloved Flowers, Iceland Poppy / Papaver Nudicaule (G), New York, 2006 (estimate: $30,000–50,000); several still-life compositions, including Cigarette #37, New York, 1974 (estimate: $20,000–30,000) and After-Dinner Games, New York, 1947 (estimate: $50,000–70,000); iconic Vogue fashion images such as Vogue Cover (Cage on Wilhelmina), Paris, 1965 (estimate: $30,000–50,000); and portraits including Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech, 1951 (estimate: $80,000–120,000).